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Mikaela Shiffrin started the women's World Cup slalom season in the same way she ended the previous one - with a clear victory.
The two-time overall champion built on a first-run lead at Levi, Finland, to comfortably win the traditional opening race in Finnish Lapland on Saturday. Shiffrin defeated last year's winner, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia, by 0.58 seconds.
It was Shiffrin's 33rd career victory in a slalom, leaving her two wins shy of the World Cup record held by Austria's Marlies Raich -...

Minnesota Twins first baseman Joe Mauer is retiring after 15 seasons.
The Twins released a retirement statement Friday from Mauer that will run Sunday in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Mauer, who missed significant time this season with a concussion, says in the ad that his decision "came down to my health and my family."
"Thank you, Minnesota Twins, and thank you, fans, for making my career as special and memorable as it was," Mauer writes. "Because of you I can leave the game I love with a full...

The Giants have their "next-gen" executive.
Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi, who came up through the ranks with the A's, has accepcted the Giants' offer to come the head their baseball operations department, The Chronicle learned Tuesday night. He is expected to be named president of baseball operations.
The Giants plan to make a formal announcement later Tuesday night.
Zaidi, who turns 42 Sunday has been the Dodgers' GM under president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman for the past...

Charlie Montoyo, a bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays this season, was hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. He succeeds John Gibbons, who was let go after the team finished 73-89. Montoyo has a three-year contract with a club option for 2022. He is to be introduced at a...

Charlie Montoyo will be tasked with bringing the Toronto Blue Jays back to prominence in the American League East. Per Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca, the Blue Jays will hire Montoyo as their next manager...